[lit-ideas] Re: Movies without Guns
- From: John Wager <johnwager@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:08:14 -0500
Carol Kirschenbaum wrote:
Does _March of the Penguins_ count? It's the only movie I've seen in a
theatre for the past couple of years. Movie violence unnerves me.
Carol
REAL violence bothers me; pretend Hollywood violence that's as real as a
styrofoam cup does not.
That's why I was more bothered by MARCH OF THE PENGUINS than I was
bothered by MR. AND MRS. SMITH. I know the Hollywood movie is more a
ballet with bullets; nobody gets hurt. But the shots of tiny dead
corpses of baby penguins was real; they weren't just mock-up latex.
That's what gave the Penguin move its strength; it was not afraid to
show the natural world as one of incredible violence and courage in the
face of such violence.
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Forest Park, IL USA
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